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The Sovereign

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Der Herrscher (The Sovereign) was based on Before Sunset, a play by Gerhart Hauptmann. The great Emil Jannings stars as Mathias Clausen, a self-made businessman who is forced to do a great deal of soul-searching when his wife unexpectedly…

DirectorVeit Harlan
WritersThea von Harbou·Harald Bratt
ProducerKarl Julius Fritzsche

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Cast · Directed by Veit Harlan

EJEmil Jannings
Emil Jannings
Matthias Clausen
MHMarianne Hoppe
Marianne Hoppe
Inken Peters
HKHilde Körber
Hilde Körber
Bettina Clausen
KHKäthe Haack
Käthe Haack
Ottilie Klamroth
HHHerbert Hübner
Herbert Hübner
Direktor Erich Klamroth
MKMaria Koppenhöfer
Maria Koppenhöfer
Klothilde Clausen
PBPaul Bildt
Paul Bildt
Diener Winter
HSHeinrich Schroth
Heinrich Schroth
Direktor Hofer
MGMax Gülstorff
Max Gülstorff
Sanitätsrat Geiger
HPHarald Paulsen
Harald Paulsen
Rechtsanwalt Hanefeld
PW
Paul Wagner
Professor Wolfgang Clausen
HSHannes Stelzer
Hannes Stelzer
Egert

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